From a tiny corner table at a busy Samovar Tea Lounge in San Francisco, Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose jump into another random brain spew episode by starting off with a little medical update on Tim’s recent ER visit for some elbow issues. See below for show notes – other topics, links.
The 4th Random Episode from Glenn McElhose on Vimeo.
Other topics include:
- the new (now old) iPhone 3GS, talking some about the new updates and then a short comparison with the Palm Pre.
- personal experiences with start-ups and pitching new ideas through avenues like Y Combinator.
- Demo days – five things you can do as a new startup to get your ideas in front of influencers.
- your website: per user metrics, unique visitors coming to your site – cost per acquisition, and lifetime value of the customer.
- learning new languages – discussion about the Living Language series.
LINKS:
Y Combinator
RescueTime
Posterous
Website Optimzer
Google Analytics
KISSmetrics
WordCamp
List of Speakers at WordCamp
How-to-build-a-high-traffic-blog-without-killing-yourself
“The Living Language Series”
Previous episode of “Random”
David Prager
Revision3
Netflix’s streaming service
Recommended Media: In Other Words: The Science And Psychology Of Second-language Acquisition
Google Search on “Cognitive Neuroscience research on language acquisition”
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Tim Ferriss
Kevin Rose
Glenn McElhose
Cool episode, recognised Urban Bread thru the window: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=urban+bread+san+francisco&fb=1&split=1&cid=13759738537640650556&li=lmd&ll=37.761148,-122.430718&spn=0,359.979594&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=37.761142,-122.430838&panoid=dxxaSFkXcX8IS1cqsMDDLQ&cbp=12,146.69,,0,1.8
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I enjoyed this one too, but it’s funny when Kevin started checking out the girl – everything got a bit playful and I had more fun watching, too.
Did that come out wrong?
I belive this is ‘VisEd’ that Tim mentions at the end:
http://www.vis-ed.com/
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Hey Glenn, what happened with the video? yesterday it was there, then today I’m going to watch it and it says it’s being converted, then later the first frame is different, looks like you cut or added something.
Great vid. Really appreciated the tips for launching a business/app and Tim’s language learning techniques are just insane.
Nice work Glenn!
What was the flash card thing Tim was referring in th end ?
Moar videos Hippy… I demand them.
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yeah – had to swap out the video for some reason. forget why but i think it was because of pornographic images in the background. just kidding. sorry for delay though.
I did’t get the name of the flashcards either. Now I’m in china and it takes half an hour to download the video in my temporary room. If anyone wants to post that…? I would say Thank You!
vis-ed.com – Chinese vocabulary flash cards.
Good luck with that!
how did tim find out all those linguistic terms? Boggles the mind! (got any more info on that? or ways to learn it)
Thanks for the feedback on our Chinese course. We’re actually in the process of revising our courses, and feedback like yours is very important to us. If you have the time, I’d love to hear more of what you think.